Jeff Timpone began his shaping career in a Laguna Beach garage in 1968. Later that year he moved to Hawaii, working as a boat builder on Oahu where he continued to build boards and surf. After 3 years he returned to California where he was hired by Russell Surfboards in Newport Beach where he perfected his skills. In 1980 he opened Timpone Surfboards in Huntington Beach.

After almost 10 years of successful business in Huntington Beach Jeff Packed up his house and family and returned to Hawaii in 1989. Landing on Maui Jeff has shaped for the 3 largest sailboard manufacturers on the island. Doing this allowed him to learn all aspects of sailboard construction and board design. Once again Jeff set out on his own and opened Timpone Hawaii — a surf and sailboard factory that operates on the cutting edge of new designs and construction. Having over 37 years of experience allows Jeff to be constantly evolving new and better rail and rocker contours. Building the highest quality surf and sailboards has always been, and will remain, the first priority at Timpone Hawaii.

Every culture has had forward thinking individuals who were uninhibited in their quest for better design. They brought their vision to fruition, then gave it away for the rest to enjoy and expand upon. Surfboard design was no different.

In the late sixties, Brewer, Diffenderfer, and McTavish opened the door with their versions of the new surfboard. Theirs was an unconventional craft with the world’s best surfers as test pilots riding the best waves in world. They changed the look of surfing, and it kept morphing, except the upper end of Big Wave Riding.

A little over twenty years later, Jeff Timpone, Gerry Lopez, and Brewer, once again, pioneered surfboard design for the next phase of big wave exploration: tow-in surfing. Their boards were being ridden like skates in a half-pipe.

The seemingly animated riders were surfing waves so sensational that mainstream media capitalized on the “shock and awe” value with ads, movies, books, and even the cover of National Geographic. Over the last decade, the surfing done on these experimental boards has paved the way for all well respected big wave riders to explore the next level. As with all significant breakthroughs in the evolution of functional design, it inspired their respective shapers and became a starting point for the likes of JC, Al Merrck, and Rusty.

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KEY: O= Original, R= Repaired, RF= Refurbished. Condition of board rated: 1(worst)-10(best)